/*
 * Copyright 2008 Sanjiv Sahayam
 *
 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
 * You may obtain a copy of the License at
 *
 *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
 *
 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
 * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
 * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
 * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
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 */
package com.googlecode.pinthura.factory.instantiator.injected;

import com.googlecode.pinthura.factory.Factory;
import com.googlecode.pinthura.factory.instantiator.ClassInstance;

/**
 * Converts parameters specified in the <code>Factory[]</code> into <code>ClassInstance</code>s that are put into
 * the <code>ClassInstance[]</code> supplied.
 */
public interface ResolvedFactorySorter {

    /**
     * Creates <code>ClassInstance</code>s from the <code>Factory[]</code> supplied and sorts those instances into
     * the specified instances within the <code>ClassInstance[]</code> supplied.
     *
     * @param factories The factories.
     * @param classInstances The <code>ClassInstance[]</code>.
     */
    void sort(Factory[] factories, ClassInstance[] classInstances);
}
